Taylor Clarke vs. Thornton Lee — Career Comparison

Taylor Clarke
MillenialVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Thornton Lee
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Thornton Lee built a career as a starting pitcher and Taylor Clarke as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Thornton Lee posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.56 and WHIP 1.358 compared to 4.73 and 1.324 for Taylor Clarke. By the career numbers, Thornton Lee had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Taylor Clarke and Thornton Lee

Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
234
6.29
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
1.44
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.59
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
1.05
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.43
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
0.45
Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.43
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
0.48
Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.55
48.55
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.4
9.4
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.73
72.73
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
0.6
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.05
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.22
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
176
4.73
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
921
3.56
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.6
4.6
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.257
0.257
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1004
27
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6994
27
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
334.2
9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2331.1
9
Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
8.93
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2327
8.98
Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.93
8.93
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.98
8.98
Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
1.64
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
0.47
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.64
1.64
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
2.85
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
838
3.24
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.13
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
8.18
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
937
3.62
Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.18
8.18
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.3
1.3
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.225
1.225
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.761
0.761
Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.43
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.09
Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.3
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.17
Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1421
38.21
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9999
38.6
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
1.32
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
0.19
Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
193
5.19
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1105
4.27
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.19
5.19
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.32
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.46
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.309
1.309
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.358
1.358
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1290
34.69
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9118
35.2
Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.82
0.82
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.21
38.21
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.6
38.6

Fielding Stats for Taylor Clarke and Thornton Lee

Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
234
6.29
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.59
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1004
27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
334.2
9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.59
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.78
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.11
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
1.48
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
533
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
1.37
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
495
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.73
92.73
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92.87
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.218
0.218
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.324
Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.4
9.4
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Taylor Clarke and Thornton Lee

Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
234
5014.29
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
375
254.24
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
28
600
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
885
600
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
578.57
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
835
566.1
Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.643
0.643
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.499
0.499
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
150
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
167
113.22
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
128.57
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
135
91.53
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
16.27
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
21.43
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
2.71
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
1
21.43
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
21.69
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.037
0.037
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.63
56.43
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43.79
29.69
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
214.29
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
211
143.05
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
150
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
195
132.2
Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.253
0.253
Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.63
0.63
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.479
0.479
Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.165
0.165
Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.346
0.346
Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.262
0.262
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
42.86
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
42.71
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
2
42.86
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
44.75
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
3
64.29
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
84.75
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.84
60.93
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40.01
27.13
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
18.31
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
257.14
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
208
141.02
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
2.33
2.33
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.25
4.25
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
21.43
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
14.92
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
23
15.59
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA